Category: Cancer Types

By Super User,22nd April 2018

Sometimes as parents we have a difficult time in finding the right words to explain our children about the therapies they are getting and we wonder if there is a simple or interactive way to explain them. So here is Jake, an animated eight years old boy created by The Brain Tumour Charity that can … Read more

By Super User,5th October 2017

Ependymoma Name: Ependymoma Childhood Cancer Name: Ependymoma, Main types of Ependymoma: Ependymoma is a class of tumor that occurs in the brain or spinal cord. It includes different subtypes and grades. It is the third most common type of childhood brain tumor. Subependymomas (grade I): Typically slow-growing tumors. Myxopapillary ependymomas (grade I): Typically slow-growing tumors. Ependymomas … Read more

By Super User,29th October 2013

Cancer Localisation: Brain , Eye Treatment: Chemotherapy, Radiation, Surgery Brain Tumors in a nutshell: Brain tumors are the second most common type of cancers in children, after Leukemia. The brain is part of the Nervous System which also includes the eye (Retina) and the main nervous system (Sympathetic Nervous System). There are about a dozen … Read more